To Go Up
To Rise, To Get Higher
intransitive verb, godan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji means above, and this verb means to go up or to rise.
It's an intransitive verb, so it doesn't take a direct object. For example: Prices go up. Temperatures rise. See? No direct object. You can remember this because stock prices always seems to go up when you see this one girl (がる). You don't know how this girl makes stock prices go up, she just does. Think of her as your lucky girl.
Since this word has okurigana (hiragana attached to the kanji) you can guess that it uses the kun'yomi reading. You haven't learned that reading yet, so let's use a mnemonic for it now. You have to remember at least the あ part.
You know this word means to go up or to rise. Imagine yourself just rising into the air, sort of floating up all of a sudden. What would you say? You'd probably scream "あ!" the moment you started to go up!
どんどん上がる
to go up and up
少し上がる
to go up a little
レベルが上がる
to level up
テンションが上がる
to get excited
声が上がる
to raise one's voice
上に上がる
to go up
一気に上がる
to go up all at once
リングに上がる
to step into the ring
ステージに上がる
to go up on stage
かいだんで上がる
to go up by the stairs
エスカレーターで上がる
to go up by the escalator
エレベーターで上がる
to go up by the elevator
八月に花火が上がる。
Fireworks get set off in August.
三フロア上までエレベーターで上がりましょう。
Let's take the elevator up three floors.
去年よりコレステロールが上がってしまった。
My cholesterol has gone up from last year.